Senior Software Developer

Senior Software Developer — Vanguard Cloud Technologies

San Jose, CA | January 2021 – Present

• Architected 15 Go-based microservices deployed to AWS ECS, utilizing gRPC and PostgreSQL to handle 50,000 requests per second and improve system throughput by 34%.
• Optimized database query performance by restructuring indexes and caching strategies with Redis, reducing database CPU utilization by 28% and saving $45,000 annually.
• Spearheaded migration of legacy services to Kubernetes-managed containers, reducing deployment cycle times by 40% and increasing platform availability to 99.99%.
• Coordinated deployment automation workflows using Terraform and Jenkins, reducing application deployment failures by 38% and lowering time-to-market for new features.

Software Developer — Apex Software Solutions

San Francisco, CA | June 2014 – December 2020

• Designed 12 core RESTful API endpoints using Java and Spring Boot, boosting backend integration speed by 22% for over 400,000 active monthly platform users.
• Authored unit and integration test suites using JUnit and Mockito, expanding overall test coverage from 65% to 92% and preventing 25 post-release code defects.
• Resolved messaging latency bottlenecks by implementing RabbitMQ queues, improving background transaction processing speed by 30% for concurrent system requests.
• Migrated 6 legacy desktop applications to web-based cloud services, reducing overall application startup times by 32% and lowering local hosting memory usage by 400MB.

Go, Java, Python, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Redis, RabbitMQ, Spring Boot, gRPC, Terraform, Jenkins, Git, CI/CD, Microservices, Agile, Scrum

SaaS Platform Modernization

Role: Lead Software Architect

Tools: Go, AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, gRPC

Redesigned the primary user authentication and data ingestion pipelines, decreasing API response latency by 45% and reducing infrastructure overhead costs by 30%.

Enterprise Message Queue Migration

Role: Senior Software Developer

Tools: Java, Spring Boot, RabbitMQ, Docker

Led the migration of system-wide inter-service communication to asynchronous messaging, eliminating 95% of data loss during peak times and lowering processing delay by 50%.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (2022)
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate (2018)
• Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer (2020)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Technical mentor for underrepresented students in local STEM programs (2019-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice